Restraining device



Mar. 27,1923. 1,449,502.

J. G. DIFFENDAFFER.

RESTRAINING DEVICE.

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RESTRAINING DEVICE.

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Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

UNITED STARS JAMES G. nrrnnnnarrnn, or nnen, NEBRASKA.

RESTRAINING DEVICE.`

Application led April 23, 1921. Serial No. 464,011.

To ZZ wkomz't may concern: l

Be it known that I, JAMES G. DIFFEN- DAFFER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fern, in the county of Cherry and State of Nebraska,have invented a new and useful Restraining Device, of which thefollowing is a specification. i

r1`his invention has reference to devices designed for use in the careof live stock,

and more particularly to a device known as i a .restraining device, itbeing the primary object of the invention to provide means for holdinganimals while they are being treated as by vaccinating, dehorningorthelike.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be easily and readily operated by manual power andone in which the operating lever will be automatically held in a lockedposition.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides inthe combination andarrangement of parts and in details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that v changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a, front elevational viewshowing the stanchion forming a part of the invention as in an openposition;

Figure 2 illustrates a side elevational view of the same. c

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device includes a flooring 5which is secured to the transversely extending supports 6, whichsupport' the flooring in spaced re lation with the surface on which thedevice is 1positioned.

aving connection with the support 6 and extending upwardly therefrom,are the uprights 7 that are disposed at angles with respect to theflooring 5 so ythat the device will be wider at its upper portion thanat its lower portion, to adapt the device to more comfortablyaccommodate an animal to be treated in the device. f

The uprights 7 are disposed at the ends of the device and are relativelylong as compared with the uprights 8, which'are disposed intermediatethe ends of the device, the uprights 7 being connected by means of thebrace bars 9 and 10 respectively, so

that the upper ends of the uprights will be held firmly againstmovement.

Secured to the uprights 7 and 8 are the side members 11 which arerelatively wide and extend upwardly from thelioor 5, the upper edge ofthe upper member 11 of each side of thedevice terminating `in a planeflush with the upper edges of the central uprights 8.

Associated with the bar 10 is a bar 12, the bar 12 being disposed inspaced relation i with the bar 10 and held in such spaced relation as bymeansof the standards 13, which are disposed between the bars 10 and 12at points adjacent to the ends thereof and secured thereto in anysuitable manner, The lower ends of the bars 13 are held stationarybetween the bars 6 and 14, there being pro vided a bolt or'the likepassing through the bars for securing the same together.

The ends of the bars 10 and 12 extend beyond the bars 13, where/the samehave pivotal connection with the vertical bars 15 which are pivotedbetween the bars 10 and 12 as by means of the bolt 16, the lower ends ofthe bars 15 having pivotal connection with the rails 17 forming thestanchion proper, as by means of the pivoted link members 18, thestanchion rail 17 being how ever pivotally supported between the bars 6and 111, as at. 19. The, upper ends of the rails 17 move between thebars 10 and 12, which bars restrict movement of the rails 17 inpredetermined directions, but permit of free movement thereoflongitudinally of the bars 10 and 12 to acoomplishthe purpose of theinvention.

@ne of the bars 13 is relatively long and has connection with theoperating lever 2O as at 21, which operating lever haspivotal connectionat 23 with the vertical bars 22 that are carried by the head 22 and asshown, this head has pivotal connection with the bars 15 as through thelinks 24, so that movement of the operating lever 2O will re` sult in arelative movement of the bars 15 to cause the stanchion rails 17 to movewith respect to each other.

From the foregoing it will be Seen that an anima-l to be branded ortreated, may be rails to contact with the anim-alle neck to hold theanimal against'movenient, it is obvious that when the lever 2O is movedto lock the stanchion, the lever felis to a position causing the links2lito take positions in di" rect alignment with each other.

Vith thel'ever in this position, it will be seen that the same isautomatically locked, and the rails 17 may only be moved by reising` thelever 2() to a position as indicated in Figure 1.

vllaving thus described the invention, what lis claimed as new4 istbodyportion and havingl their extremities disposed beyond the side walls ofthe body portion, vertical bars having pivotal connection with the endbar at one end of the body portion, link members having connection withthe movable nprights, and having` connection with the vertical bars, ahandle having pivotal connection with the body portion, a head supportedintermediate the ends of the handle, link members for connectingv thehead and upper ends of the vertical bars whereby movement oi the handlewill cause the vertical bers lto inov-'e'towards and away `l'rom eachother.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixedmy signa-` ture in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES (l. DIFFENDAQFFER.

i/Vitnesses:

l D. M. SEARS,

Y E. W. @Lenin-Nrs.

